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Le Pouce

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{{Infobox mountain
|name = Le Pouce
|other_name = ''(The Thumb)''
|pronunciation = {{IPAc-fr|l|@|-|p|u|s}}
|photo = Le Pouce2.jpg
|photo_size = 285
|photo_alt = View of the peak
|photo_caption = The thumb-shaped peak of Le Pouce
|elevation_m = 812
|elevation_ref = <ref name="LP">{{cite book|title = Mauritius, Réunion & Seychelles|last=Dodd|first=Jan|year=2004|page=89|publisher=[[Lonely Planet]]|isbn=1740593014}}</ref>
|prominence_m = 232
|location = [[La Laura-Malenga]], [[Moka District|Moka]], [[Mauritius]]
|range = [[Moka Range]]

|type = [[Lava dome]]
|volcanic_arc/belt = [[Mascarene Islands]]
|age = around 10 million years old
|easiest_route = [[Hiking|Hike]]
}}

'''Le Pouce''' ([[French language|French]]: "The Thumb") is the third highest mountain in [[Mauritius]], at 812 meters (2664 feet).<ref name="LP"/> Only [[Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire]] (828 m) and [[Pieter Both (mountain)|Pieter Both]] (820 m) are taller.<ref>{{cite book|title=Global Geotourism Perspectives|last=Kingston Dowling|first=Ross|year=2010|page=86|publisher=Goodfellow Publishers|isbn=9781906884178}}</ref> It is named Le Pouce because of the thumb-shaped peak of the mountain.<ref name="LP"/><ref name="Darwin">{{cite web|url=http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=text&itemID=F14&pageseq=496|title=The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online|pages=483-485|author=Charles Darwin}}</ref> It can be viewed from the capital of Mauritius, [[Port Louis]], and is a popular hike for the view of the city.<ref name="LP"/> The mountain is in the [[Moka Range]] and is closest to the village of [[La Laura-Malenga]] in the [[Moka District]]. [[Charles Darwin]] ascended the mountain on 2 May 1836.<ref name="Darwin"/>

==Natural features==
The [[Mascarene Islands]], the island chain that Mauritius lies in, is a [[volcanic belt]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/367768/Mascarene-Islands|title=Mascarene Islands (islands, Indian Ocean)|publisher=Britannica Online Encyclopedia|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref> Le Pouce is the second highest peak in the Moka Range, which was formed ten million years ago from volcano eruptions.<ref name=SchematicStruct>{{citeweb|url=http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/mpu/file/chapter%201.pdf|title=Schematic Structural Evolution of Mauritius|publisher=Mauritian Government (gov.mu)|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref> The range is a [[basalt]] [[lava dome]] and is no longer volcanically active.<ref name=SchematicStruct/>

Le Pouce is overgrown with [[guava]] and [[acacia]], which are not native to the area.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://julianhume.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Proceedings-13-600-129-144.pdf|title=The Fossil Record of Mascarene Vertebrates|author=Julian Hume|pages=131-2}}</ref> One example of flora [[endemism|endemic]] to Le Pouce is the Le Pouce Mountain Screwpine (''Pandanus pseudomontanus''). This plant is not officially listed on the [[IUCN Red List]], but [[IUCN]] has potentially assessed it as [[Critically Endangered|critically endangered]]. The only individuals of these species are two plants in the Le Pouce Mountain Nature Reserve. Since both of these are male plants, the species is at "extremely high risk of extinction'. <ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/sotdfiles/pandanus-pseudomontanus.pdf|title=Species of the Day: Le Pouce Mountain Screwpine|publisher=IUCN|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref>

===Hiking===
The trek to the top of Le Pouce is considered an easy hike.<ref name="LP"/> However, the ascent is very steep, especially near the thumb. Le Pouce can be reached from [[Moka]] or Port Louis. Unlike Pieter Both, climbing gear is not needed. From the peak, Port Louis, Moka, and [[Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill]] can be seen, as well as many other places around the island.<ref name="LP"/>

==History==
As previously mentioned, Le Pouce was formed ten million years ago in a basalt lava dome. Charles Darwin ascended the mountain during [[Second voyage of the HMS Beagle|his voyage around the world]]. He recorded in his journal:

:"[On 2 May] I ascended La Pouce {{sic}}, a mountain so called from a thumb-like projection, which rises close behind the town to a height of 2600 feet. The centre of the island consists of a great platform, surrounded by old broken basaltic mountains, with their [[strata]] dipping seawards. The central platform, formed of comparatively recent streams of lava, is of an oval shape, thirteen geographical miles across, in the line of its shorter axis. The exterior bounding mountains come into that class of structures called Craters of Elevation, which are supposed to have been formed not like ordinary craters, but by a great and sudden upheaval. There appears to me to be insuperable objections to this view: on the other hand, I can hardly believe, in this and in some other cases, that these marginal crateriform mountains are merely the basal remnants of immense volcanos, of which the summits either have been blown off, or swallowed up in subterranean abysses."<ref name="Darwin"/>

As time went by and tourism increased, hiking Le Pouce became a tourist attraction.<ref name="LP"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Port Louis from Le Pouce.jpg|The view of Port Louis from the summit
Moka Range.jpg|The Moka Range from the top of Le Pouce
Le Pouce1.jpg|A view of "The Thumb" from a hiking trail
Mauritius.png|Panoramic view of Mauritius from Le Pouce
</gallery>
==References and notes==
{{reflist}}

{{coords|20|11|50|S|57|31|42.6|E|display=title}}

[[Category:Mountains of Mauritius]]

[[fr:Le Pouce]]

Le Pouce

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{{Infobox mountain
|name = Le Pouce
|other_name = ''(The Thumb)''
|pronunciation = {{IPAc-fr|l|@|-|p|u|s}}
|photo = Le Pouce2.jpg
|photo_size = 285
|photo_alt = View of the peak
|photo_caption = The thumb-shaped peak of Le Pouce
|elevation_m = 812
|elevation_ref = <ref name="LP">{{cite book|title = Mauritius, Réunion & Seychelles|last=Dodd|first=Jan|year=2004|page=89|publisher=[[Lonely Planet]]|isbn=1740593014}}</ref>
|prominence_m = 232
|location = [[La Laura-Malenga]], [[Moka District|Moka]], [[Mauritius]]
|range = [[Moka Range]]

|type = [[Lava dome]]
|volcanic_arc/belt = [[Mascarene Islands]]
|age = around 10 million years old
|easiest_route = [[Hiking|Hike]]
}}

'''Le Pouce''' ([[French language|French]]: "The Thumb") is the third-highest mountain in [[Mauritius]], at 812 meters (2664 feet).<ref name="LP"/> Only [[Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire]] (828 m) and [[Pieter Both (mountain)|Pieter Both]] (820 m) are taller.<ref>{{cite book|title=Global Geotourism Perspectives|last=Kingston Dowling|first=Ross|year=2010|page=86|publisher=Goodfellow Publishers|isbn=9781906884178}}</ref> It is named Le Pouce because of the thumb-shaped peak of the mountain.<ref name="LP"/><ref name="Darwin">{{cite web|url=http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=text&itemID=F14&pageseq=496|title=The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online|pages=483-485|author=Charles Darwin}}</ref> It can be viewed from the capital of Mauritius, [[Port Louis]], and is a popular hike for the view of the city.<ref name="LP"/> The mountain is in the [[Moka Range]] and is closest to the village of [[La Laura-Malenga]] in the [[Moka District]]. [[Charles Darwin]] ascended the mountain on 2 May 1836.<ref name="Darwin"/>

==Natural features==
The [[Mascarene Islands]], the island chain that Mauritius lies in, is a [[volcanic belt]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/367768/Mascarene-Islands|title=Mascarene Islands (islands, Indian Ocean)|publisher=Britannica Online Encyclopedia|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref> Le Pouce is the second highest peak in the Moka Range, which was formed ten million years ago from volcano eruptions.<ref name=SchematicStruct>{{citeweb|url=http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/mpu/file/chapter%201.pdf|title=Schematic Structural Evolution of Mauritius|publisher=Mauritian Government (gov.mu)|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref> The range is a [[basalt]] [[lava dome]] and is no longer volcanically active.<ref name=SchematicStruct/>

Le Pouce is overgrown with [[guava]] and [[acacia]], which are not native to the area.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://julianhume.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Proceedings-13-600-129-144.pdf|title=The Fossil Record of Mascarene Vertebrates|author=Julian Hume|pages=131-2}}</ref> One example of flora [[endemism|endemic]] to Le Pouce is the Le Pouce Mountain Screwpine (''Pandanus pseudomontanus''). This plant is not officially listed on the [[IUCN Red List]], but [[IUCN]] has potentially assessed it as [[Critically Endangered|critically endangered]]. The only individuals of these species are two plants in the Le Pouce Mountain Nature Reserve. Since both of these are male plants, the species is at "extremely high risk of extinction'. <ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/sotdfiles/pandanus-pseudomontanus.pdf|title=Species of the Day: Le Pouce Mountain Screwpine|publisher=IUCN|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref>

===Hiking===
The trek to the top of Le Pouce is considered an easy hike.<ref name="LP"/> However, the ascent is very steep, especially near the thumb. Le Pouce can be reached from [[Moka]] or Port Louis. Unlike Pieter Both, climbing gear is not needed. From the peak, Port Louis, Moka, and [[Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill]] can be seen, as well as many other places around the island.<ref name="LP"/>

==History==
As previously mentioned, Le Pouce was formed ten million years ago in a basalt lava dome. Charles Darwin ascended the mountain during [[Second voyage of the HMS Beagle|his voyage around the world]]. He recorded in his journal:

:"[On 2 May] I ascended La Pouce {{sic}}, a mountain so called from a thumb-like projection, which rises close behind the town to a height of 2600 feet. The centre of the island consists of a great platform, surrounded by old broken basaltic mountains, with their [[strata]] dipping seawards. The central platform, formed of comparatively recent streams of lava, is of an oval shape, thirteen geographical miles across, in the line of its shorter axis. The exterior bounding mountains come into that class of structures called Craters of Elevation, which are supposed to have been formed not like ordinary craters, but by a great and sudden upheaval. There appears to me to be insuperable objections to this view: on the other hand, I can hardly believe, in this and in some other cases, that these marginal crateriform mountains are merely the basal remnants of immense volcanos, of which the summits either have been blown off, or swallowed up in subterranean abysses."<ref name="Darwin"/>

As time went by and tourism increased, hiking Le Pouce became a tourist attraction.<ref name="LP"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Port Louis from Le Pouce.jpg|The view of Port Louis from the summit
Moka Range.jpg|The Moka Range from the top of Le Pouce
Le Pouce1.jpg|A view of "The Thumb" from a hiking trail
</gallery>
==References and Notes==
{{reflist}}

{{coords|20|11|50|S|57|31|42.6|E|display=title}}

[[Category:Mountains of Mauritius]]

[[fr:Le Pouce]]

Le Pouce

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{{Infobox mountain
|name = Le Pouce
|other_name = ''(The Thumb)''
|pronunciation = {{IPAc-fr|l|@|-|p|u|s}}
|photo = Le Pouce2.jpg
|photo_size = 285
|photo_alt = View of the peak
|photo_caption = The thumb-shaped peak of Le Pouce
|elevation_m = 812
|elevation_ref = <ref name="LP">{{cite book|title = Mauritius, Réunion & Seychelles|last=Dodd|first=Jan|year=2004|page=89|publisher=[[Lonely Planet]]|isbn=1740593014}}</ref>
|prominence_m = 232
|location = [[La Laura-Malenga]], [[Moka District|Moka]], [[Mauritius]]
|range = [[Moka Range]]

|type = [[Lava dome]]
|volcanic_arc/belt = [[Mascarene Islands]]
|age = around 10 million years old
|easiest_route = [[Hiking|Hike]]
}}

'''Le Pouce''' ([[French language|French]]: "The Thumb") is the third-highest mountain in [[Mauritius]], at 812 meters (2664 feet).<ref name="LP"/> Only [[Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire]] (828) and [[Pieter Both (mountain)|Pieter Both]] (820) are taller.<ref>{{cite book|title=Global Geotourism Perspectives|last=Kingston Dowling|first=Ross|year=2010|page=86|publisher=Goodfellow Publishers|isbn=9781906884178}}</ref> It is named Le Pouce because of the thumb-shaped peak of the mountain.<ref name="LP"/> It can be viewed from the capital of Mauritius, [[Port Louis]], and is a popular hike for the view of the city.<ref name="LP"/> The mountain is in the [[Moka Range]] and is closest to the village of [[La Laura-Malenga]] in the [[Moka District]]. [[Charles Darwin]] ascended the mountain on 2 May 1836.<ref name="Darwin">{{cite web|url=http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=text&itemID=F14&pageseq=496|title=The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online|page=483|author=Charles Darwin}}</ref>

==Geography==
The Moka Range was formed ten million years ago, from volcano eruptions.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/mpu/file/chapter%201.pdf|title=Schematic Structural Evolution of Mauritius|publisher=Mauritian Government (gov.mu)|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref> The [[Mascarene Islands]], the island chain that Mauritius lies in, is a [[volcanic belt]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/367768/Mascarene-Islands|title=Mascarene Islands (islands, Indian Ocean)|publisher=Britannica Online Encyclopedia|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref> Le Pouce is the second highest peak in the Moka Range. The range is a basalt [[lava dome]] and is no longer volcanic.<ref name="Darwin"/>

Le Pouce is overgrown with [[guava]] and [[acacia]], which are not native to the area.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://julianhume.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Proceedings-13-600-129-144.pdf|title=The Fossil Record of Mascarene Vertebrates|author=Julian Hume|pages=131-2}}</ref> One example of flora endemic to Le Pouce is the Le Pouce Mountain Screwpine ''(pandanus pseudomontanus)''. It is critically endangered.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/sotdfiles/pandanus-pseudomontanus.pdf|title=Species of the Day: Le Pouce Mountain Screwpine|publisher=IUCN|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref>

===Hiking===
Le Pouce is known as an easy hike.<ref name="LP"/> However, it is very steep, especially near the thumb. Le Pouce can be reached from [[Moka]] or Port Louis. Unlike Pieter Both, climbing gear is not needed. From the peak, Port Louis, Moka, and [[Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill]] can be seen, as well as many other places around the island.<ref name="LP"/>

==History==
As previously mentioned, Le Pouce was formed ten million years ago in a basalt lava dome. Charles Darwin ascended the mountain during [[Second voyage of the HMS Beagle|his voyage around the world]]. He recorded in his journal:

:"[On 2 May] I ascended La Pouce {{sic}}, a mountain so called from a thumb-like projection, which rises close behind the town to a height of 2600 feet. The centre of the island consists of a great platform, surrounded by old broken basaltic mountains, with their [[strata]] dipping seawards. The central platform, formed of comparatively recent streams of lava, is of an oval shape, thirteen geographical miles across, in the line of its shorter axis. The exterior bounding mountains come into that class of structures called Craters of Elevation, which are supposed to have been formed not like ordinary craters, but by a great and sudden upheaval. There appears to me to be insuperable objections to this view: on the other hand, I can hardly believe, in this and in some other cases, that these marginal crateriform mountains are merely the basal remnants of immense volcanos, of which the summits either have been blown off, or swallowed up in subterranean abysses."<ref name="Darwin"/>

As time went by and tourism increased, hiking Le Pouce became a tourist attraction.<ref name="LP"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Port Louis from Le Pouce.jpg|The view of Port Louis from the summit
Moka Range.jpg|The Moka Range from the top of Le Pouce
Le Pouce1.jpg|A view of "The Thumb" from a hiking trail
</gallery>
==References and Notes==
{{reflist}}

{{coords|20|11|50|S|57|31|42.6|E|display=title}}

[[Category:Mountains of Mauritius]]

[[fr:Le Pouce]]

Le Pouce

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{{Infobox mountain
|name = Le Pouce
|other_name = ''(The Thumb)''
|pronunciation = {{IPAc-fr|l|@|-|p|u|s}}
|photo = Le Pouce2.jpg
|photo_size = 285
|photo_alt = View of the peak
|photo_caption = The thumb-shaped peak of Le Pouce
|elevation_m = 812
|elevation_ref = <ref name="LP">{{cite book|title = Mauritius, Réunion & Seychelles|last=Dodd|first=Jan|year=2004|page=89|publisher=[[Lonely Planet]]|isbn=1740593014}}</ref>
|prominence_m = 232
|location = [[La Laura-Malenga]], [[Moka District|Moka]], [[Mauritius]]
|range = [[Moka Range]]

|type = [[Lava dome]]
|volcanic_arc/belt = [[Mascarene Islands]]
|age = around 10 million years old
|first_ascent = 2 May 1836 by [[Charles Darwin]]<ref name="Darwin">{{cite web|url=http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=text&itemID=F14&pageseq=496|title=The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online|page=483|author=Charles Darwin}}</ref><ref>Note: First recorded ascent</ref>
|easiest_route = [[Hiking|Hike]]
}}
'''Le Pouce''' ([[French language|French]]: "The Thumb") is a mountain in [[Mauritius]]. It is named Le Pouce for the thumb shaped peak of the mountain.<ref name="LP"/> The mountain is third highest in Mauritius with a peak elevation of 812 meters (2664 feet),<ref name="LP"/> behind [[Pieter Both (mountain)|Pieter Both]] (820 m), and [[Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire]] (828 m). It can be viewed from the capital of Mauritius, [[Port Louis]], and is a popular hike because of the view of the city.<ref name="LP"/> The mountain is in the [[Moka Range]] and is closest to the village of [[La Laura-Malenga]] in the [[Moka District]]. [[Charles Darwin]] is credited with the first ascent.<ref name="Mauritius">{{citeweb|url=http://mauritiusattractions.com/hiking-trip-pouce-mountain-half-p-111.html|title=Hiking Trip - Pouce Mountain - Half Day|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref>
==Geography==
The Moka Range was formed ten million years ago, from volcano eruptions.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/mpu/file/chapter%201.pdf|title=Schematic Structural Evolution of Mauritius|publisher=Mauritian Government (gov.mu)|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref> The island chain in which Mauritius is in, the [[Mascarene Islands]], is a [[volcanic belt]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/367768/Mascarene-Islands|title=Mascarene Islands (islands, Indian Ocean)|publisher=Britannica Online Encyclopedia|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref> Le Pouce is the second highest peak in the Moka Range. The range is a basalt [[lava dome]]. It is no longer volcanic.<ref name="Darwin"/>

Le Pouce is overgrown with [[guava]] and [[acacia]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://julianhume.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Proceedings-13-600-129-144.pdf|title=The Fossil Record of Mascarene Vertebrates|author=Julian Hume|pages=131-2}}</ref> One example of flora endemic to Le Pouce is the Le Pouce Mountain Screwpine ''(pandanus pseudomontanus)''. It is critically endangered.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/sotdfiles/pandanus-pseudomontanus.pdf|title=Species of the Day: Le Pouce Mountain Screwpine|publisher=IUCN|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref>

===Hiking===
Le Pouce has been known for being an easy hike.<ref name="LP"/><ref name="Mauritius"/> However, it is very steep, especially near the thumb. Le Pouce can be reached from [[Moka]] or Port Louis. Unlike Pieter Both, climbing gear is not needed. From the peak, Port Louis, Moka, and [[Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill]] can be seen, as well as many other places around the island.<ref name="LP"/>

==History==
As previously mentioned, Le Pouce was formed ten million years ago in a basalt lava dome. A local climbing Le Pouce before Charles Darwin did is probable, but not recorded. Charles Darwin is credited with the first ascension of the mountain during [[Second voyage of the HMS Beagle|his voyage around the world]].<ref name="Mauritius"/> He recorded in his journal:

:"[On 2 May] I ascended La Pouce {{sic}}, a mountain so called from a thumb-like projection, which rises close behind the town to a height of 2600 feet. The centre of the island consists of a great platform, surrounded by old broken basaltic mountains, with their [[strata]] dipping seawards. The central platform, formed of comparatively recent streams of lava, is of an oval shape, thirteen geographical miles across, in the line of its shorter axis. The exterior bounding mountains come into that class of structures called Craters of Elevation, which are supposed to have been formed not like ordinary craters, but by a great and sudden upheaval. There appears to me to be insuperable objections to this view: on the other hand, I can hardly believe, in this and in some other cases, that these marginal crateriform mountains are merely the basal remnants of immense volcanos, of which the summits either have been blown off, or swallowed up in subterranean abysses."<ref name="Darwin"/>

As time went by and tourism increased, hiking Le Pouce became a tourist attraction.<ref name="LP"/>
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Port Louis from Le Pouce.jpg|The view of Port Louis from the summit
Moka Range.jpg|The Moka Range from the top of Le Pouce
Le Pouce1.jpg|A view of "The Thumb" from a hiking trail
</gallery>
==References and Notes==
{{reflist}}

{{coords|20|11|50|S|57|31|42.6|E|display=title}}

[[Category:Mountains of Mauritius]]

[[fr:Le Pouce]]